1917 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1917 Events from the year 1917 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – George VKing George V The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/king-george-v www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 4 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Prime Minister – Robert Borden Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec) Parliament – 12th (until 6 October) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Francis Stillman Barnard Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Josiah Wood (until June 29) then Gilbert Ganong (June 29 to October 31) then William Pugsley (from November 6) Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Strathearn Hendrie Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Augustine Colin Macdonald Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Richard Stuart Lake Premiers Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton (until October 30) then Charles Stewart Premier of British Columbia – Harlan Brewster Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris Premier of New Brunswick – George Johnson Clarke (until February 1) then James A. Murray (February 1 to April 4) then Walter Foster Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – William Hearst Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Mathieson (until June 21) then Aubin Arsenault Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – George Norris Williams (acting) Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White Elections Provincial June 7 – Alberta election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority. Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams are elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first two women elected to a legislature in the British Empire. June 26 – Saskatchewan election: William Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority. Federal December 17: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority in the Federal election Events January to June February 1 – James Alexander Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George Johnson Clarke April 4 – Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Murray April 9 – April 14 – Battle of Vimy Ridge. April 17 – Leon Trotsky, en route from New York to Russia, is detained in Halifax. He will spend the next month in Amherst Internment Camp before being released. June 21 – Aubin Arsenault becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing John Mathieson July to December July 1: Canada celebrates its 50th Dominion Day. August: The government introduces conscription triggering the Conscription Crisis of 1917 September 20: The Income War Tax Act receives royal assent, establishing a "temporary" tax, which remains in force to this day.http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/About/Full_history About the Court – Full History Tax Court of Canada 2011-09-08 2012-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326013450/http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/About/Full_history dead September 20: The Wartime Elections Act gives female relatives of servicemen the vote. October 26 – November 10: Second Battle of Passchendaele. October 30: Charles Stewart (1868–1946) becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Arthur Sifton November 1 to 30: Swanson Bay, British Columbia, records 88 in 0 of precipitation for the month, which remains the highest officially recorded for one calendar month in North America.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Weather Extremes for the Western States December 6: Halifax Explosion kills 1,900 people and injures 9,000. The largest ever man-made explosion pre-Hiroshima atomic bomb. Arts and literature Tom Thomson paints The Jack Pine, one of Canada's most widely recognized and reproduced artworks.Loren Ruth Lerner Mary F. Williamson Art Et Architecture Au Canada https://books.google.com/books?id=gquqnLOBH9gC&pg=PA753 1 January 1991 University of Toronto Press 978-0-8020-5856-0 753 Sport March 26 – The Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Seattle Metropolitans become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup by defeating the National Hockey Association's Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1. The Metropolitans won their only Cup in front of their home crowd at Seattle Ice Arena November 26 – The National Hockey League (NHL) is established in Montreal, with 4 teams from the National Hockey Association (Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs) The owners would form a new team in Toronto due to a dispute Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone, the Toronto Hockey Club (Toronto Maple Leafs) December 19 – Montreal Wanderers defeat the Toronto Arenas in the first NHL game. Births September 2023 January to June January 6 – Sydney Banks, broadcaster and producer (d.2006) January 11 – John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (d.1982) April 11 – Danny Gallivan, radio and television broadcaster and sportscaster (d. 1993) April 25 – George R. Gardiner, businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum (d.1997) May 12 – Frank Clair, Canadian Football League coach (d.2005) May 19 – Robert Gordon Robertson, civil servant and 7th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (d.2013) May 21 – Raymond Burr, actor (d.1993) May 22 – Lude Check, ice hockey player (d.2009) May 24 – Ross Thatcher, politician and 9th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1971) June 17 – Dufferin Roblin, businessman, politician and 14th Premier of Manitoba (d.2010) June 18 – Arthur Tremblay, politician and Senator (d.1996) June 29 – Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist (d.2009) July to December July 17 – John Hayes, harness racing driver, trainer and owner (d. 1998) September 12 – Pierre Sévigny, soldier, author, politician and academic (d. 2004) September 15 – Alf Pike, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009) September 26 – Réal Caouette, politician (d. 1976) November 2 – Ann Rutherford, actress (Gone with the Wind, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). (d. 2012) November 11 – Abram Hoffer, orthomolecular psychiatrist (d. 2009) November 28 – Jacob Froese, politician (d. 2003) December 6 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (d. 2008) Full date unknown Kent Rowley, labour activist and union organizer (d. 2013) Jack Singer, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) Deaths September 2023 January to June January 8 – Ward Bowlby, lawyer and politician, reeve of Berlin, Ontario (born 1834) January 14 – Alexander Cameron, physician and politician (b.1834) February 17 – Ralph Smith, coal miner, labour leader and politician (b.1858) February 26 – George Johnson Clarke, lawyer, journalist, politician and 14th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1857) April 21 – George Thomas Baird, politician, Senator for Victoria, New Brunswick (b. 1847) June 13 – Louis-Philippe Hébert, sculptor (b.1850) July to December July 5 – Percival Molson, athlete and soldier (b.1880) July 8 – Tom Thomson, artist (b.1877) July 15 – Lemuel John Tweedie, politician and 9th premier of New Brunswick (b.1849) August 6 – Richard McBride, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1870) thumb|right|100px|Mackenzie Bowell August 29 – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, 9th governor general of Canada (b.1851) October 31 – Gilbert Ganong, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1851) November 10 – Thomas Simpson Sproule, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b.1843) October 30 – Talbot Papineau, lawyer and soldier (b.1883) December 10 – Mackenzie Bowell, politician and 5th prime minister of Canada (b.1823) References 1917 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Canada